More stories from the week that ended April 17 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Greg Parma Smith’s show at David Lewis is a Artforum Critic’s Pick.
- RIP: Malick Sidibé, who passed away at the age of 80.
- RIP: Julie Becker, who passed away at the age of 44.
- Siyuan Zhao, who stabbed a Art Basel Miami Beach fairgoer, pleads guilty to attempted murder.
- Swiss prosecutors raid storage facility in Geneva in search of disputed Modigliani painting. Bloomberg reveals that the painting has been confiscated. Institut Restellini identifies sitter in painting as Georges Menier.
- Oscar Murillo detained and deported after destroying his British passport while enroute to Sydney.
- Singapore branch of Pinacothèque de Paris closes its doors for good.
- MoMA closing architecture and design galleries ahead of renovation and expansion.
- Townhouse gallery in Cairo partially demolished following collapse. It is going to be restored.
- Sales at SP Arte go mainly to collectors outside Brazil due to recession gripping the country.
- Guggenheim Museum cancels scheduled loans of works to El Paso Museum of Art due to financial reasons.
- FBI offers $25k reward for Warhol prints stolen from Springfield Art Museum.
- The troubles surrounding the German art market.
- Looted Bartholomeus van der Helst painting withdrawn from Im Kinsky at France’s request.
- Bill to eliminate legal hurdles for heirs of Holocaust victims to claim Nazi-looted art introduced into Congress.
- Christie’s has consigned David Hammons work removed from his exhibition at Mnuchin Gallery during its run.
- Andrew Schoultz, Kristen LiuWong, and other creatives discuss what they miss about leaving SF for LA.
- Zocalo Public Square discusses pretentiousness in art.
- Met Opera director James Levine to retire after 40 years at the job due to health issues.
- Italian historians track down 35 living relatives of Leonardo da Vinci.
- A look at the few remaining El Salvadorian artists dedicated to restoring the country’s ancient Catholic artifacts.
- Ukraine recovers four of twenty-four paintings that were stolen from Westfries Museum in 2005.
- How Peggy Guggenheim made Jackson Pollock.
- Possible lost Caravaggio painting worth $135mil. found in attic in France. Experts approve of the work as authentic. Art History News has some facts on the find.
- Canadian government pledges to invest $1.4bil in nation’s arts and culture over the next five years.
- Artists selected for Current:LA Water exhibition, Los Angeles’ first public art biennial. LA Weekly also covers the announcement.
- The Guardian discusses Conceptual Art.
- Le Corbusier tapestry unveiled at the Sydney Opera House, 58 years after it was commissioned.
- Pepsi-Cola sign in Long Island City now an official New York City landmark.
- Study by Invaluable reveals that millennials prefer Instagram to museums.
- Clyfford Still Museum makes rare loan of 9 major works to the Royal Academy of Art in London.
- Libeskind Studio to build Kurdistan Museum in Northern Iraq.
- Iraq converting Saddam Hussein’s Basra palace into a museum that is opening in Sept.
- Anne Pasternak explores issues and challenges faced by the Brooklyn Museum.
- Sjarel Ex discusses the Public Art Depot of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
- Ruya Foundation launches first online database for Iraqi artists to show and possibly sell work.
- Jean Nouvel–designed Louvre Abu Dhabi is now 95% complete.
- NY’s International Center of Photography (ICP) will reopen on June 23.
- Artnet discusses Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection.
- Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses Betye Saar’s retrospective at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
- Q&A with Adrian Cheng on his K11 Art Malls and Incubating Communities.
- Yana Peel appointed CEO of the Serpentine Galleries.
- Tania Bruguera raises $100k to open Institute of Art Activism. Pussy Riot will be first artists-in-residence.
- Donald Trump donates $100k to National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
- The first Antarctic Biennale is due to launch next spring in South Pole.
- Elmgreen & Dragset chosen as curators of Istanbul Biennial in 2017.
- Christie’s to offer major Jean-Michel Basquiat painting to lead its evening sale in May. Brian Boucher wonders if it will break the artist’s record at auction. Adam Lindemann is reportedly the seller.
- Heritage Auctions to offer items from Anita Reiner’s estate.
- Liu Yiqian buys Beijing Council International Auction Co. for $415.4mil. to open his own auction house.
- Picasso ceramics continue to do well at auction.
- WME-IMG invests in Frieze Art Fair so that they may expand their digital presence.
- Artnet previews the Dallas Art Fair. Artsy’s choices for 10 artworks to collect from the fair. Eileen Kinsella has her picks for the top booths there.
- Artinfo’s choices for the must-see booths at AIPAD Photography Show.
- Kenny Schachter’s adventures during Art Cologne. Artnet’s choices for the best booths at Art Cologne.
- Q&A with Elizabeth Dee on Independent Brussels.
- Artspace profiles and interviews Jack Hanley.
- Larry’s List interviews Suzanne Syz about her collection.
- Henri Neuendorf details the top ten German art collectors.
- Artnet details Dallas’ power collecting couples.
- NY Times visits Amalia Ulman, Jared Madere, Neïl Beloufa, and Darja Bajagić’s studios.
- David Salle discusses his Nice Weather group show at Skarstedt Gallery.
- How a painful childhood accident led Chris Burden to employ extreme personal danger in his artworks.
- Interview with Charming Baker.
- Hauser & Wirth now represents Jack Whitten.
- Theaster Gates wins Kurt Schwitters Prize, worth €25k. It is also announced that he is now represented by Regan Projects.
- Artsy’s list of emerging artists to watch this Spring.
- Keith J Varadi Life Task book available for purchase.
- Orion Martin limited edition book available from Whitney Shop.
- Bloomberg writes about Jeff Koons’ magenta Balloon Dog edition.
- Scott Marsh’s Kanye Kissing Kanye print (perhaps with licensing rights) reported to have sold for $100k.
- $11.3mil. Tuscan villa on the market believe to have been owned by Mona Lisa.
- Coachella promises most expansive art installations in its history.
- DIS officially endorses Bernie Sanders.
- Is culture killing America’s poor?